Monday, June 19, 2017

April 8, 2017 - Las Cruces, NM to Lordsburg, NM

A perfect morning for our visit to Farmers Market in downtown Las Cruces. Before we headed out Erwin filled up the water tank and drained the grey/black wastes, closed the slideouts. He did not want to do this after we get back from the market, so when we are back we are good and ready to leave the town.

The
farmers market is open year-round on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Seven
city blocks are closed off for booths. Food trucks, community service,
etc We strolled for about an hour and half before heading back to the
campground.

We decided to stop at Alberston's to pick up groceries because the next town we will be going to does not have supermarkets. We plan to dry camp for few days, so we want to fix simple suppers that will not require the use of microwave or convention oven.

We left Hacienda RV Park at noon, got on I-10 West. There was an Inspection station about 25 miles west of Las Cruces. We were quickly let go after the semi, in front of us, started to leave.

Went to parking area with no facilities to eat lunch. The mountains on the left side of I-10 Eastbound is in Mexico. The construction started at Mile Marker 94 and ended at MM 92.

We pulled into a rest area near Gage, NM because there was a lot of yellow California poppies all around. A perfect photo opportunity for me

We arrived Lordsburg, NM at 3 pm, stopped by Erwin's first cousin, Annalee's house. Erwin and Annalee had not seen each other in 56 years since Erwin's dad's passing. After visiting for a couple hours we went out for supper at Kranberry's Family Resturant.

Erwin showing Annalee his woodburing projects

We dry camped in front of Annalee’s residence. The generator was on for a while, so we can turn the air conditioning on to cool down because it had gotten so warm inside the Lil' Home.~Edith

About Me

Erwin was born in Minnesota, went to/graduated from Minn Deaf School. Spent 11 years working for General Electric before he decided to become a welder.
Edith was born in Florida. Went to/graduated from FL School for the Deaf. Graduated with B.S. in Home Economics from Gallaudet College (now University).
Worked as a management analyst for Dept of Agriculture, retired after 31 years of service. Moved back to FL in 2004. Sold our house in 2016 to start RVing full-time.